BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Two Mexican nationals were indicted by a federal grand jury today after authorities say they re-entered the United States after having been deported.

The indictments were announced in a news release from U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and David Rivera, the director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Field Office.

Jose Anival-Rivera, 29, and Jose Adan Pavon-Rodriguez, 33, were charged with being in the U.S. illegally, after having been removed following felony convictions. Anival-Rivera was living in Decatur, while Pavon-Rodriguez was living in Oxford.

Anival-Rivera, also known as Jose Anibal-Rivera, Paulino Balderas and Wan Camacho, was deported in March 2011, and also in January, February and July of last year, after a felony conviction. Pavon-Rodriguez was deported in December 2011, and again in August 2013 following an aggravated felony conviction, according to their indictments. Neither indictment spells out their previous convictions.

If found guilty, the maximum prison sentence for illegal re-entry following a felony conviction is 10 years, and the maximum for illegal re-entry following an aggravated felony conviction is 20 years.

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